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AI Vulcan

Posted: 31 Aug 2008, 21:24
by bobbych
soon to be released with a RETRO waddo scenery, from UKMIL

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Posted: 31 Aug 2008, 22:21
by BadPvtDan
They do scenery right over there.

Posted: 01 Sep 2008, 00:03
by mr.bean
Nice screens. Espically the one with the German Sheperd in it.

Posted: 01 Sep 2008, 01:14
by MIKE JG
Hey that's my pooch in that shot!! :D

Posted: 02 Sep 2008, 14:51
by MACC
Theres holes in 2 of the vulcans in the first screenie.

Posted: 02 Sep 2008, 14:56
by btaylo24
MACC,,,They are WIP shots I presume, and sure they will be resolved at release....U got good eyes though!

Barry

Posted: 02 Sep 2008, 22:05
by bobbych
yes barry, they are, and the holes are already fixed, but we are used to MACC slagging off UKMIL models, so it;s no worries really

Posted: 03 Sep 2008, 08:12
by Phantom54
Would be great if someone can make a package for just the XH558....No retro packages for me :wink:

Posted: 24 Sep 2008, 01:14
by bobbych
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Posted: 24 Sep 2008, 05:20
by VulcanDriver
That does look very nice :D

Posted: 24 Sep 2008, 13:07
by Firebird
Phantom54 wrote:Would be great if someone can make a package for just the XH558....No retro packages for me :wink:
Well if the rumours are true, that is retro as well ... again!

Posted: 24 Sep 2008, 17:27
by VulcanDriver
Latest I've heard is its having an engine replaced due to metal fragments in the sump.

Posted: 24 Sep 2008, 18:03
by MACC
Firebird wrote:
Phantom54 wrote:Would be great if someone can make a package for just the XH558....No retro packages for me :wink:
Well if the rumours are true, that is retro as well ... again!
I still ain't seen it fly yet. :( Every opportunity ruined.

Posted: 24 Sep 2008, 18:24
by f4nutter
XH558 is having the engine removed for inspection due to 2% magnectic filing's being recorded on the inner engine cover ! so my reliable sorce tell's me :D dont give up hope it's just scare mungering
dont quote me though i'm just passing it on.

Posted: 24 Sep 2008, 18:49
by planejunky
MACC wrote:
Firebird wrote:
Phantom54 wrote:Would be great if someone can make a package for just the XH558....No retro packages for me :wink:
Well if the rumours are true, that is retro as well ... again!
I still ain't seen it fly yet. :( Every opportunity ruined.
I was up in Rutland last week near Cottesmore and she did about eight approaches with her gear up, absolutely beautiful she was. Sadly I've just heard tonight that she's grounded as the money's finally run out! :(

Posted: 24 Sep 2008, 18:50
by planejunky
I'm loving this idea for a scenery though, real Cold War stuff bring it on! 8)

Posted: 24 Sep 2008, 19:02
by Keith Jones
planejunky wrote:Sadly I've just heard tonight that she's grounded as the money's finally run out! :(
According to the VTTS site, she'll be making an appearance at Duxford on the 5th October.

Article here - http://www.tvoc.co.uk/flightoperations.asp

Posted: 24 Sep 2008, 20:58
by Firebird
What I read last week there are estimating £5m a year to actually keep flying, I can't see that happening unless the RAF add it to the BBMF and that isn't going to happen.

Shame, and I would like to be proven wrong, but at least I can still remember them operating from CGY on war dispersal. The noise and spectacle of a survival scramble was something else.

Posted: 24 Sep 2008, 21:14
by planejunky
Sadly it was always going to be a warbird too far IMHO. The fund raising that's needed to keep B-17G Sally B in the air each year is staggering, and the Vulcan makes that look like a p!ss in the ocean financially! :roll:

It was a valiant effort (no pun intended!:lol: ) but it's all come to fruition at a time were the economy is in freefall, and any potential sponsors will now be tightening their belts. It was always very doubtful that any major company would want to attach their name to a Cold War weapon of mass destruction anyway, no matter how good she looks asthetically.

It's all very sad, but until the 1990's it was run with the financial backing of the UK taxpayer through the RAF, the operating costs are simply too expensive for a private operator, even airlines are going down the toilet due to fuel costs etc.

Posted: 29 Sep 2008, 20:40
by planejunky
Just to let you all know, sadly the Vulcan has been cancelled for DX this weekend. :(